Projects overview

BEC has rooftop solar installations on 11 community buildings across the Bristol region and two ground-mounted solar farms – one in Lawrence Weston in Bristol and one in Somerset.

How much electricity do our solar projects generate?The annual output from our solar portfolio is currently: 9,105 MWh (Megawatt Hours). That’s enough to power 2,220 average homes. Find out more about our solar installations. ​And we’re not stopping there!Our latest bond offer is now live

How many cups of tea can you boil with the electricity from our installations? Find out here

Our solar farms

We built our first community solar farm in Lawrence Weston in 2016. Our community partner in the project is Ambition Lawrence Weston. This is a 4.2 MW scheme, and is on land owned by Bristol City Council.

Our second community solar farm is a 4.6MW scheme at Puriton, near Bridgwater. We took ownership of the farm in December 2015.

Lawrence Weston solar farm location

Puriton solar farm location

Bristol Energy Cooperative is the trading name of Bristol Community Energy Limited, a registered society under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 - Registration Number 31313R.